Bibliography

Websites

"The Prime Meridian". Greenwich Guide. 07 Jan 2010. <http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/meridian.htm> This website was mostly about the Greenwich Observatory but it had some information about the multiple meridians compared to the Prime Meridian.
"The 200th Anniversary of the Survey of the Coast." National Archives and Records Administration. 05 Jan 2010. <http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/spring/coast-survey.html>. We used this website to learn about what happened before the Greenwich was established and how it was used to help mariners at sea.
"Prime Meridian". GMT. Greenwich Mean Time - World Time/ Time in every Time Zone. 08 Jan 2010. <http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/prime-meridian.htm> This website taught us a lot about what happened during the International Geographical Conferences and the International Meridian Conference in the 1800's.
Bellis, Mary. "Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915)." About.com. Web. 14 Feb. 2010. <http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventors/a/SandfordFleming.htm>. We used this website to gather information about Sir Sanford Fleming, the inventor of the 24-hour-clock, which is based on the Prime Meridian.

News Articles

Rodgers, Lucy. "At the Center of Time." BBC NEWS. 20 Oct. 2009. Web. 6 Feb. 2010. This news article was the original inspiration for choosing the Prime Meridian as our History Day topic. It was written exactly 125 years after the Prime Meridian was established.

Books

Arnold, Nick. The Terrible Truth About Time. UK: Scholastic, 2002. Print. This book is one that we already owned before beginning this project, and it helped a lot with understanding the concepts of the Prime Meridian and its impact on communication and travel.

Photo Credits -Only photos with a Creative Commons licence were used.

Pinoyphotographer. The Prime Meridian. Photograph. Flickr. Flickr.com. 30 Nov. 2008. Web. 6 Feb.
2010.Florathexplora. Prime Meridian. Photograph. Flickr.com. 1 Nov. 2006. Web. 6 Feb. 2010.
Hexadecimal Time. Longitude of Florence. Photograph. Flickr.com. 20 Feb. 2008. Web. 6 Feb. 2010.
Nelo Esteves ~ As Seen Through Hazel Eyes. World Time Zones. Photograph. Flickr.com. 26 Apr. 2007. Web. 14 Feb. 2010.
Gori Rajkumari. Photograph. When pickle isn't just cucumber anymore.... 30 April 2010. Web. 6 August, 2009.

By Caroline Lucas and Jade Mulcahy